Wednesday news and notes: 6.18.14

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Mayor Eric Garcetti says those parents offended by his use of "big fucking day" on live TV and in front of children at the Kings rally should lighten up. "I think I was just being myself for a moment there...I think people should be kind of light about this. It’s something that plenty of people have heard in their lives for sure...We ought to let people be people. I was just being a person yesterday. I’m sorry if folks were offended.” LAT

"This was a deliberate rebranding, a political version of Miley Cyrus washing the Disney off her career," writes Doug McIntyre. DN